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Burnham vows to tackle Britain's youth jobs crisis - but refuses to put a deadline on cutting the number of NEETs - as he ditches Blair's drive for school leavers to go to university
Burnham pledges to address Britain's youth jobs crisis but will not set a deadline for reducing the number of NEETs. He has abandoned Blair's initiative encouraging school leavers to pursue university education.
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